Reply #22: "Using fear to push the agenda"?

[MadHound]

What is this "agenda" that you're talking about? And how am I pushing it? By pointing out the historical and political reality that using fear as an election tactic is counterproductive, that doing so drives down voter turnout? That isn't fear, that is fact, a fact that Obama and the Democrats don't seem to grasp, since they have used fear time and again when they don't have a solid record to run on.

And no, The List™ aside, Obama doesn't have "a long list of good, solid accomplishments," at least not in the mind of most of the voting public. Most folks aren't political wonks who pay attention to every little thing. Most of the public pays attention to the big things, like the economy. Or HCR, where public opinion on the public option didn't seem to matter. Or the tax cut extension for the rich, which the public didn't want either. Big things, things that make the news, that's what most Americans pay attention to, and in those areas, yes, the President's record sucks. I know that, you know that(though you may not want to admit it, even to yourself) and the President knows that, which is why we're getting the big fear push.

As far as what Congress has done, like it or not, the buck stops with the President. It may be unfair, it may be wrong, but it is reality, and that's what people have to deal in, reality.